girls' name ★ peaked 2007

Giselle

Meaning A female given name from French Gender Girl Rank 2025 #382 Trend ↓ Falling 12%

A female given name from French.

Rank 2025
#382
among girls · ↓24 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
803
named Giselle · -8% vs 2024
How common
1 in 2,002
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2007
2,596 babies
All-time total
50,230
#584 all-time among girls
First recorded
1949
in Social Security records

Giselle popularity over time

50,230 babies have been named Giselle since 1949, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.380.751.131.518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s 5 – 5 1 – #5,526
1950s 481 – 481 48 +9520% #1,070
1960s 707 – 707 71 +47% #1,134
1970s 835 – 835 84 +18% #1,179
1980s 1,924 8 1,932 193 +131% #697
1990s 6,074 13 6,087 609 +215% #221
2000s 19,718 23 19,741 1,974 +224% #134
2010s 15,187 – 15,187 1,519 -23% #147
2020s (to 2025) 5,255 – 5,255 876 -42% #332

Where Giselle is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 785 0.49 #396
2027 769 0.48 #405
2028 756 0.47 #412
2029 746 0.46 #421
2030 737 0.46 #424

Where Giselle is most popular

Girls named Giselle per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.532 per 1,000. Strongest in Nevada, California, and New Mexico.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Giselle born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Nevada 58 1.25 +135%
California 993 1.18 +122%
New Mexico 27 1.11 +109%
Arizona 141 1.00 +89%
Texas 790 0.982 +85%
Maryland 97 0.915 +72%
Connecticut 46 0.791 +49%
New Jersey 140 0.776 +46%
Illinois 177 0.773 +45%
Florida 284 0.664 +25%
Virginia 105 0.616 +16%
Georgia 128 0.563 +6%
Colorado 61 0.546 ≈ national
New York 213 0.538 ≈ national
North Carolina 122 0.536 ≈ national
Washington 77 0.533 ≈ national
Delaware 6 0.529 ≈ national
Oregon 34 0.522 ≈ national
South Carolina 43 0.478 -10%
Oklahoma 35 0.476 -11%
Mississippi 22 0.470 -12%
Kansas 27 0.468 -12%
Massachusetts 54 0.447 -16%
District of Columbia 5 0.422 -21%
Louisiana 35 0.400 -25%
Utah 31 0.372 -30%
Nebraska 13 0.362 -32%
Tennessee 55 0.347 -35%
Indiana 47 0.335 -37%
Wisconsin 34 0.330 -38%
Pennsylvania 74 0.313 -41%
Michigan 57 0.313 -41%
Minnesota 31 0.287 -46%
Ohio 56 0.236 -56%
Arkansas 10 0.189 -64%
Alabama 16 0.170 -68%
Iowa 5 0.086 -84%
Kentucky 5 0.058 -89%
Missouri 6 0.050 -91%
Alaska – – –
Hawaii – – –
Idaho – – –
Maine – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
New Hampshire – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Giselle

Giselle is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #382 in 2025 with 803 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1949, 50,230 American babies have been named Giselle. Its peak came in 2007, when 2,596 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Giselle stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Giselle?

The median living Giselle is about 17 years old; half are between 11 and 24. An estimated 50 thousand people named Giselle are alive in the United States today.

median 17 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Giselle year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 803 #382 – –
2024 872 #358 – –
2023 889 #347 – –
2022 907 #350 – –
2021 847 #362 – –
2020 937 #332 – –
2019 976 #329 – –
2018 1,106 #301 – –
2017 1,176 #273 – –
2016 1,463 #220 – –
2015 1,489 #221 – –
2014 1,577 #215 – –
2013 1,563 #207 – –
2012 1,709 #185 – –
2011 2,038 #152 – –
2010 2,090 #147 – –
2009 2,402 #134 – –
2008 2,489 #136 – –
2007 2,596 #134 – –
2006 2,090 #168 – –
2005 2,059 #166 – –
2004 1,884 #182 8 #8,398
2003 1,772 #180 5 #11,492
2002 1,478 #217 – –
2001 1,462 #218 5 #11,160
2000 1,486 #212 5 #10,984
1995 386 #590 – –
1990 299 #704 – –
1985 231 #749 – –
1980 113 #1,184 – –
1975 98 #1,179 – –
1970 74 #1,410 – –
1965 83 #1,180 – –
1960 69 #1,332 – –
1955 81 #1,108 – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Giselle

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Giselle Itié Giselle Itié Brazilian actress b. 1981 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Giselle, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Giselle?

The median living Giselle is about 17 years old. Half of all living Giselles are between 11 and 24 years old.

How many people named Giselle are alive today?

An estimated 50 thousand people named Giselle are alive in the United States, based on 50,230 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Giselle mean?

A female given name from French.

How popular is the name Giselle in 2025?

Giselle ranked #382 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 803 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Giselle?

50,230 babies have been named Giselle in the United States since 1949, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Giselle most popular?

Giselle peaked in 2007, when 2,596 newborns received the name.

Is Giselle a boy or girl name?

Giselle is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Giselle rising or falling?

Giselle is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Giselle become more popular?

Giselle is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 737 girls named Giselle in 2030, which would rank around #424. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Giselle?

Well-known people named Giselle include Giselle Itié (actor).

Names like Giselle

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